Shloka 19
Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Duryodhana Dialogue on Peace and the Refusal of Compromise
धृतराष्ट्र रवाच सर्वान् वस्तात शोचामि त्यक्तो दुर्योधनो मया । ये मन्दमनुयास्यध्वं यान्तं वैवस्वतक्षयम्
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca — sarvān vo ’tāta śocāmi tyakto duryodhano mayā | ye mandam anuyāsyadhvaṃ yāntaṃ vaivasvatakṣayam ||
ドリタラーシュトラは言った。「愛しき子らよ、我は汝ら皆を思い嘆く。難敵（ドゥルヨーダナ）は我が捨てた。彼がヴァイヴァスヴァタ（閻魔）の住処へと赴くその時、あの愚か者に従う者が汝らの中にあるなら、その者らすべてのために我は悲嘆に沈む。」
दुर्योधन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Blind loyalty to an unrighteous leader leads to ruin; ethical discernment requires refusing to follow folly even when it is bound up with family or faction. Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s grief underscores the moral cost of adharma and the inevitability of consequences symbolized by ‘Yama’s abode’.
In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war tensions, Dhṛtarāṣṭra addresses the Kauravas, declaring that he has ‘abandoned’ Duryodhana and lamenting those who will still follow him on a path that ends in death—figuratively described as going to Vaivasvata (Yama).